Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) Call for Proposals

The Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) identifies promising
clean energy projects at an early stage and provides mentoring for
development of a business plan, investment pitch, and growth strategy,
significantly enhancing the prospect of financial closure.

Around 480 clean energy projects have been inducted into the PFAN
Project Development Pipeline. These projects employ technologies
including biogas, biomass, waste to energy, clean transport, wind,
solar, small hydro and energy efficiency solutions. Thus far, 101
projects have achieved financial closure with over US$ 1.24 billion of
investment raised. Combined, these projects have the potential to
mitigate over 3.3 million tons of CO2e emissions per year and provide
over 802 MW of clean generation capacity.

PFAN has launched a call for proposals for climate and clean energy
projects and businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Selected
projects will receive no-cost coaching by professional consultants and,
once they are investment-ready, benefit from PFAN’s Investment
Facilitation services. Entrepreneurs looking to initiate or scale-up
clean energy or other climate change-related projects and seeking an
investment of up to $50 million are invited to apply. This is a rolling, open-ended call for proposals, which means that you may apply at any time. However,
if you wish to be eligible to pitch your project in the upcoming West
Africa Forum for Climate and Clean Energy Financing, to be held in the
autumn

The coaching support provided through the PFAN Project Development and
Financing Initiative for Climate & Clean Energy in Sub-Saharan
Africa and Asia will help entrepreneurs develop and refine a financially
viable and socially and environmentally sustainable business plan, to
be employed in subsequent investor outreach. After completing the
coaching phase, the projects will receive assistance in terms of
financial mobilisation, deal making facilitation and other follow-up
support.

Eligibility
The eligible countries for this request for proposals can be found in Annex 1 of the Prospectus for this Project Development and Financing Initiative.

Focus of the Request for ProposalThe project/business must promote or use clean energy and/or climate resilience technologies, products or services, including, but not limited to the following technology areas: